Fx Stencil vs HalftonePix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fx Stencil
Transform your photos into unique stencil art. Easily edit, customize colors, and apply gradients to create personalized designs for printing on various materials or sharing with loved ones.
- Create stencils from photos
- Edit and customize stencils
- Gradient stencil effects
- Save and share stencils
- Simple drawing tools
- Invert stencil option
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Fx Stencil lets you make a stencil from photo you takes or from your photo album.Very simple and quick. You can edit, share on facebook, save to your album or mail it to your friends and family. With a stencil you can use to print on the wall, clothes, fabric or make amazing gifts that imbued with your own personality. New features with version 3.3.0 - Support Dark mode - New Design UI for app - New core processing - More color for stencil - New Gradient stencil - Save your stencil - Share stencil to social networks and some action for stencil - Crop Image - Custom color - More tool - A simple drawing tools to help you edit image stencil. - Invert Stencil Wish you have fun with Fx Stencil. Sincerely!
HalftonePix
Apply unique artistic effects to your photos with a variety of dot, line, and wave patterns. Customize shapes and colors for a personalized look. Transform selfies or gallery images into memorable artwork.
- Halftone dot effects
- Line and stripe effects
- Wave patterns
- Customizable shapes and colors
- Apply to selfies or gallery photos
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HalftonePix brings advanced artistic photo effects to your mobile device. Our filters include a variety of halftone styles, patterns, shapes, and colors. Customize everything for a truly unique effect. HalftonePix includes: - Variety of dot effects (akin to newspaper print or comics) - Line and stripe effects - Waves - Circles HalftonePix allows you to apply a halftone effect to a selfie or a photo from gallery. Don't miss out on this unique and memorable photo filter!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Fx Stencil at 1K against HalftonePix's 7. Fx Stencil also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.3). HalftonePix's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 43%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Fx Stencil sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and HalftonePix sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Fx Stencil holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fx Stencil has 1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Fx Stencil's written reviews are positive against 67% of HalftonePix's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Fx Stencil ships an update every 2 months, HalftonePix fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fx Stencil | HalftonePix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.2% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tien Le | Aevica Software |
Customer experience
Fx Stencil
HalftonePix
Bugs and requests
Fx Stencil
Reported bugs
4 issues- Only lets you do one stencil
- App closes when selecting photo
- Zooms in to one corner
- Doesn't display entire picture
Requested features
4 requests- Two-tone image options
- Ability to add more photos
- Bring back old invert option
- Allow access to photo albums
HalftonePix
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Fx Stencil
- Remove Watermark$0.99
- Add Picker Color$0.99
- Gradient Stencil$0.99
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- Remove Advertisement$2.99
HalftonePix
- Premium Styles$4.99
Questions
Is Fx Stencil free?
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